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Giant Pleistocene one-horned rhinoceros
202114202114Giant Pleistocene one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros platyrhinus (Falconer and Cautley 1847)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene of south Asia ( Sewalik Hills in India)
Dimensions: length - 4,5 m, height - 210 сm, weight - 3000 - 4700 kg
Rhinoceros platyrhinus represents the largest rhinocerotine species in Eurasia and is characterized by a long skull and high-crowned teeth, suggesting that it was a grazer rather than a mixed feeder such as R. unicornis. This is supported by a cluster analysis on the upper teeth. The progressive increase in aridity from ca. 12 Ma to Recent in northern India could have affected the dietary regime of R. platyrhinus towards to a more grazer-like diet.
I t was largest Pleistocene rhinocerotine, larger than modern extant species of rhinoceros.
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Giant Pleistocene one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros platyrhinus (Falconer and Cautley 1847)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene of south Asia ( Sewalik Hills in India)
Dimensions: length - 4,5 m, height - 210 сm, weight - 3000 - 4700 kg
Rhinoceros platyrhinus represents the largest rhinocerotine species in Eurasia and is characterized by a long skull and high-crowned teeth, suggesting that it was a grazer rather than a mixed feeder such as R. unicornis. This is supported by a cluster analysis on the upper teeth. The progressive increase in aridity from ca. 12 Ma to Recent in northern India could have affected the dietary regime of R. platyrhinus towards to a more grazer-like diet.
I t was largest Pleistocene rhinocerotine, larger than modern extant species of rhinoceros.
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